PURPOSE Problem-based learning (PBL) is a well-established method for facilitating the learning of basic science concepts in the context of clinical cases. Relevant evidence is lacking regarding PBL's effectiveness and acceptability as perceived by students accustomed to classical traditional teaching in India. Hence, this study gathered students' opinions on PBL versus Traditional teaching met...

There is much literature on problem-based learning (PBL), both within and outside medical education. The literature addresses such questions as what is PBL and how does it work, and many examples are given; yet it is often dif® cult to determine from these descriptions whether the educational approach being described is actually PBL. The goal of this article is to provide planners and/or assess...

INTRODUCTION Primary breast lymphoma is an uncommon disease with poor clinical outcome. Breast lymphomas present less than 0.5% of malignant breast neoplasms and 2.2% of extranodal lymphomas. This study investigated the clinicopathological features and optimal treatment of PBL. CASE PRESENTATIONS Clinical records of seven Moroccan PBL patients, treated at the National Institute of Oncology, R...

BACKGROUND One of the key elements for introducing a problem-based learning (PBL) programme is constructing good PBL cases. Good cases should reflect the educational principles of PBL including (a) integration of basic and clinical sciences together with professionalism and psychosocial components, (b) encouragement of discussion of cognitive domains such as identification of problems, generati...

The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) with that of traditional (non-PBL) approaches in dental education. The search strategy included electronic and manual searches of studies published up to October 2012. The PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome) framework was utilized to guide the inclusion or exclusion of stu...

Undergraduate research (UR) and problem-based learning (PBL) sessions are similar with respect to the type of skills gained through each. However, appropriate modification of PBL sessions would contribute to enhanced UR experience. Based on personal experience in UR and a PBL curriculum, in this short discourse I shall explain how studying under a PBL curriculum enabled me to gain more out of m...

The efficacy of chloroaluminum phthalocyanine (AlPc) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been evaluated in vitro on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, normal peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) and mobilized peripheral blood stem cells (mPBSC). The selectivity of the treatment has been evaluated by mixing PBL and TF-1, an erythroleukemic cell line. Upon photoradiation, this photosensitizer leads ...

This paper highlights how ICT could be integrated in the process of teaching and learning in the Problem Based Learning (PBL) environment. The main focus is integrating the ICT components such as multimedia and internet technologies as a tool for PBL learning environment, and utilizing the PBL approach for the delivering instructions in the teaching and learning process at UTeM. This paper also...

Well-designed problems are crucial for the success of problem-based learning (PBL). Previous discussions about designing problems for PBL have been rather general and inadequate in guiding educators and practitioners to design effective PBL problems. This paper introduces the 3C3R PBL problem design model as a conceptual framework for systematically designing optimal PBL problems. The 3C3R mode...

The popularity of problem-based learning (PBL) reflects medical educators’ recognition that case study can enhance the preclinical medical school curriculum. However, the PBL method itself has features, particularly its reliance on small-group work with tutor–facilitators, that are expensive to implement and that limit the potential educational value of case study. The author systematically ana...